The Effect of Crosslinking Conditions on the Wet-Soiling Behavior of Cotton

Abstract

The soiling behavior in a specific wet-soiling technique of cotton treated with different reactant-type crosslinking agents and metal salt catalysts under different conditions by means of the pad-dry-cure technique has been investigated to study the influence of the amounts of reagents and catalysts used in the impregnation solution and bound to the fabric after finishing. Up to about N contents of 1.4% and dry crease-recovery angles of 140°, there was found only slight increase in soiling, but fabrics, which were unnecessarily heavily resinated, showed much worse soiling. An inverse relation was detected between soiling and moisture regain of finished fabrics. The catalyst residues after-found finishing seem to have no intluence on soiling.